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Brownian Movement

First observed by the British botanist Robert Brown in 1827 when studying pollen particles, it was originally thought to be the manifestation of some vital force.

It was later recognized to be consequence of bombardment of the particles by the continually moving molecules of the liquid. The continuous random movement of microscopic solid particles (of about 1 micrometre in diameter) when suspended in a fluid medium.

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